After more than 500 photo essays, it is time to convert the photos and words into books. This site is dedicated to discovering and publishing early photographs from the Holy Land. .

Monday, October 24, 2011

Printing the First Stamps from Eretz Yisrael 91 Years Ago

A stamp showing
Rachel's Tomb with
writing in English,
Arabic and Hebrew

﻿﻿The Ottoman Empire established a postal service throughout Palestine in the 1800s, but six foreign powers had contracts -- called capitulations -- which permitted them to run their own postal service.
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The Jews of Palestine requested that the name Eretz Yisrael be printed on the stamps in Hebrew. The Arabs protested, and the name Palestina was written in Hebrew with an important addition: the letters Alef and Yud were added -- the abbreviation of Eretz Yisrael.

7 comments:

You can really tell the difference of technology from the past up to the present. The printing services also innovated and developed into a much better and easier methods and process. Thanks to the people behind these successes.data protection

Printing companies are still growing up to this very moment. This is because of the advancement of some more technologies that an individual can;t do on his own. Thus, many companies are still investing in this kind of venture.

You can really see how printing services evolved from manual printing up to the latest trend of printing ads, the 3D printing. Human minds are really excellent in innovating new technology that continuously amazes us. 3d advertising

I agree with the previous comments. The method of printing materials and other print outs like magazines and newspapers has evolved tremendously. Printing services are still available today in spite of the advent of more innovative technologies that can be bought by every individual in the market.

Stamps in today's world are being printed by big companies that offer printing services, document scanning and more. You can really see the difference of older stamps from today's stamps. The latter has been created with too much attention to details.

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About the Book

U.S. Interests in the Holy Land

Although Jewish life in the Holy Land reawakened during the 19th century, photographs of Jews in Palestine and the life they lived there are scarce. Collecting photographs from the archives of the the Library of Congress, the Ottoman Imperial Archives, the New York Public Library, libraries in universities and churches around the world, and in families’ albums, Lenny Ben-David provides a unique and visual history of the American fascination and dedication to a Jewish national home in the Holy Land.

Photo essays include fascinating stories such as why Lincoln wanted to visit Jerusalem, how the U.S. Navy saved the Jews of Palestine in 1915, why the Chief Rabbi of Palestine visited the White House in 1924, why there was a Ferris wheel on the holy Temple Mount, Mark Twain's stay in Jerusalem, and much more.

The Next Book: World War I in the Holy Land

Expected early 1918

About the Author, Lenny Ben-David

Lenny Ben-David has been involved in the study and enhancement of U.S.-Israel relations for more than 40 years. He served as director of AIPAC's Israel office for 15 years, and is the author of Myths and Facts published in 1985 and 1989. Ben-David served as the Deputy Chief of Mission in Israel's Embassy in Washington, D.C for three years, and consulted for foreign governments and other corporations.

Ben-David is the Director of Publications at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.

He and his wife reside in Efrat, Israel, where they are surrounded by children, grandchildren, and fruit trees.